Joe Newton
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I've never had the problem of trousers being too tight in the crotch... Although I have to say if I did I wouldn't be whining about it!
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To the staff at treeworker mate, it's their bit of the forum we're in. Really great to deal with, and my newfound hobby is both bittersweet and addictive!
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Just like to mention the fantastic service these guys deliver. Very helpful and friendly to deal with, and they really know their stuff. Also very patient and accommodating for a "learner splicer" like myself. Great product range, especially for those with expensive taste in hitch cord! Big thank you to you all!
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In my experience you can have decent or cheap, rarely both. If you go for the latter make sure you're handy with a spanner!
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Haha I actually enjoy working oversized timber with a smaller saw.
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Did you hear laughter behind you?
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Same here, might be a Christmas present to myself! Good luck tomorrow! Edit: looks like once you've got it down to the union you might be able to fell it? Sod chogging that down on a 20"
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On a 30" I can save you wondering and tell you right now, it won't! 20" will be fine
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I'm running the same setup on my 550xpg. As long as you don't force the saw into the cut the 8 pin makes a decent difference in cut speed. The sprockets are less than a tenner so worth a punt.
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Could make a nice aperitif with them? Used to have a few Mulberry trees when I worked as a gardener, was one of the few perks of that job!
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Mulberrys?
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Good man, put an 8 pin rim on it and it'll go even faster.
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It really is that simple. There are no good reasons to buy the Stihl.
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Even when I tried using a ZZ on 11mm velocity it was too thin by far. I think 11.7 or thereabouts is supposed to be best.
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I'd love one of the Teufelberger ones but I know I'd spend as much again on shiny crap to hang off it! I'll probably get a DMM Porter one when my bag for life wears out.
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We had this at a student rented house in Coventry. No answer, gate locked, etc. the place was a mess, open bin bags scattered through the alleyway etc. The landlord came out and suggested putting a boot to the gate, and he'd reclaim the cost as the tenants had been notified! I couldn't believe my luck! I have to boot the chipper container closed twice a day anyway, so I've got a pretty solid front kick Anyway, gate sorted, conifer killing ensued, then the cheeky tenants later accused us of breaking their rickety bodged up weight bench!
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That's just climbing, full stop. 11mm for me is easier than 13mm. I've adapted to working in a low impact style that doesn't knacker me. And if you start to preach SRT in this thread you can sod off!
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I never need to look to far for that mate. Some would even climb a tree to "rescue" me! Why, fancy some practice?
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Very good point, I was thinking of maybe trying that until I realised it would result in one of our lads knocking me the hell out!
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If your only rescue option is a groundy with no real climbing experience, just a ticket, you're stuffed anyway! If the casualty is still on a working climbing system then like you say it's fairly straightforward for a competent climber. It's when you have to safely transfer a person onto your system and deal with the resulting changes in loading on your hitch etc that it becomes more complex. Last time I tried it my hitch bound up, causing problems that in a serious situation could have been disastrous. I've since examined why this happened (a "seminar" at the cutters&climbers was very helpful) and am altogether more confident.
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We have a bloody great pile of logs at our yard that aren't going anywhere! Lots of it is conifer mind. Could use someone with a grab and grain trailer to come and take it!
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All my climbing kit fits on to one bag with backpack straps. Rope, silky, harness, lanyard (always on harness), small rigging pulleys, pulleysaver and various old hitch cord and baccy wrappers at the bottom.
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Hi Timon, I've just given one of our lads a very brief run through on it this afternoon, prior to his cs38 next week. I heard from one lad that they wouldn't let them use a hitchclimber in their training!? It's something that I'd love to make the time to practice, but it always takes a back seat to work. Sometime soon I'll meet up with a couple of guys on a Saturday to practice in our own time.
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If not I could buy it, wouldn't mind trying one!
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Cool, I'll remember that one. How was the Imori to splice? Good idea with the crab to flick the pinto out. I've just made myself a pulleysaver, with the pinto hanging really short. I find it retrieves much easier than with a longer cord on it, plus the spliced legs tend to flick it through the eye, bit like yours.
